… to a VoIP phone

… to a satellite phone

The Cayman Islands do not have a country-specific satellite phone system.

Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within the Cayman Islands (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix (1) or area code (345) used when calling within the Cayman Islands.

Only the seven-digit phone number is dialed.

seven digits

local phone number

Caymanian phone numbers explained

Number details

The Cayman Islands’ phone numbers are ten digits (eleven including a leading ‘1’ that acts as a country code for the entire NANP calling region).

The first three digits are ‘345’ – an area (geographic) code to designate the Cayman Islands’ phone system within the North American Numbering Plan.
The first three digits of the local phone number are an exchange within the Cayman Islands’ code of ‘345’.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in George Town

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within the Cayman Islands. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘345’ in domestic calls.

949 8368

local phone number within George Town

Long distance example – calling from West Bay, Cayman Islands (on the other side of the country)

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within the Cayman Islands. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘345’ in domestic calls.

949 8368

local phone number within George Town

International example – calling from the United States, Canada, or another country of the NANP (most of the Caribbean and U.S. territories in the Pacific)

To call within the NANP dial the phone call with the same call sequence as a U.S. or Canadian long distance call.

Dial the combined country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then the Cayman Islands’ area code within the NANP of ‘345’, then the local seven-digit phone number.

1

345

949 8368

long distance trunk prefix

area (geographic) code for the Cayman Islands

local phone number in George Town

International example – calling from a country outside of the NANP (the United States, Canada, most of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific)

To call from a country from outside the NANP, dial the exit code of the country you’re calling from, then the NANP country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then the Cayman Islands’ area code of ‘345’, then the local phone number.

Calling from the Cayman Islands

… to another country in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP)

Dial the phone call starting with the trunk prefix/country code of ‘1’, then the area code and local phone number.

… to all other regions of the world

‘011’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from the Cayman Islands to a location outside the NANP calling region (the United States, Canada, most regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific).

Sources and more resources

National NANPA – The North American Numbering Plan Administration. Telecommunications numbering system regulator for numbering administration across the North American Numbering Plan.